Benson & Hedges Cup
Countries | England & Wales Cricket Board |
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Format | Limited overs cricket |
First edition | 1972 |
Latest edition | 2002 |
Most successful | Lancashire (4 titles) |
The Benson & Hedges Cup was a
It was the third major one-day competition established in England and Wales after the
Format
Twenty teams were organised into four zonal groups in its original format with the games played at the start of the season in May. The (then) seventeen first-class counties were joined by three other teams, Minor Counties (North), Minor Counties (South) and
in 1975, the Oxford and Cambridge university sides combined to form an
The final was played at
The highest total ever recorded in the group matches was the 388 scored by Essex against Scotland in 1992. Graham Gooch scored 127 as Scotland lost by 272 runs. In another tie in 1982 Gooch also recorded the highest individual score in the competition, 198 not out.[3]
At the Worcestershire v Somerset, 1979 B&H Cup group game at Worcester on 24 May 1979, the Somerset captain Brian Rose declared after one over with the score at 1 for 0. Worcestershire scored the required 2 runs in 10 balls. The declaration was done to protect Somerset's run-rate so they could qualify for the next round. After a special TCCB vote, Somerset were ejected from the competition for bringing the game into disrepute.[4][5]
Abolishment
A ban on
The umpires in the last final had faced each other as players in the first final 30 years before:
Finals
Year | Final | ||
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Winner | Result | Runner-up | |
1972 | Leicestershire 140 for 5 (46.5 overs) |
Leicestershire won by 5 wickets Scorecard |
Yorkshire 136 for 9 (55 overs) |
1973 | Kent 225 for 7 (55 overs) |
Kent won by 39 runs Scorecard |
Worcestershire 186 (51.4 overs) |
1974 | Surrey 170 (54.1 overs) |
Surrey won by 27 runs Scorecard |
Leicestershire 143 (54 overs) |
1975 | Leicestershire 150 for 5 (51.2 overs) |
Leicestershire won by 5 wickets Scorecard |
Middlesex 146 (52.4 overs) |
1976 | Kent 236 for 7 (55 overs) |
Kent won by 43 runs Scorecard |
Worcestershire 193 (52.4 overs) |
1977 | Gloucestershire 237 for 6 (55 overs) |
Gloucestershire won by 41 runs Scorecard |
Kent 173 (47.3 overs) |
1978 | Kent 151 for 4 (41.4 overs) |
Kent won by 6 wickets Scorecard |
Derbyshire 147 (54.4 overs) |
1979 | Essex 290 for 6 (55 overs) |
Essex won by 35 runs Scorecard |
Surrey 255 (51.4 overs) |
1980 | Northamptonshire 209 (54.5 overs) |
Northamptonshire won by 6 runs Scorecard |
Essex 203 for 8 (55 overs) |
1981 | Somerset 197 for 3 (44.3 overs) |
Somerset won by 7 wickets Scorecard |
Surrey 194 (55 overs) |
1982 | Somerset 132 for 1 (33.1 overs) |
Somerset won by 9 wickets Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire 130 (50.1 overs) |
1983 | Middlesex 196 for 8 (55 overs) |
Middlesex won by 4 runs Scorecard |
Essex 192 (54.1 overs) |
1984 | Lancashire 140 for 4 (42.4 overs) |
Lancashire won by 6 wickets Scorecard |
Warwickshire 139 (50.4 overs) |
1985 | Leicestershire 215 for 5 (52 overs) |
Leicestershire won by 5 wickets Scorecard |
Essex 213 for 8 (55 overs) |
1986 | Middlesex 199 for 7 (55 overs) |
Middlesex won by 2 runs Scorecard |
Kent 197 for 8 (55 overs) |
1987 | Yorkshire 244 for 6 (55 overs) |
Yorkshire won by losing fewer wickets Scorecard |
Northamptonshire 244 for 7 (55 overs) |
1988 | Hampshire 118 for 3 (31.5 overs) |
Hampshire won by 7 wickets Scorecard |
Derbyshire 117 (46.3 overs) |
1989 | Nottinghamshire 244 for 7 (55 overs) |
Nottinghamshire won by 3 wickets Scorecard |
Essex 243 for 7 (55 overs) |
1990 | Lancashire 241 for 8 (55 overs) |
Lancashire won by 69 runs Scorecard |
Worcestershire 172 (54 overs) |
1991 | Worcestershire 236 for 8 (55 overs) |
Worcestershire won by 65 runs Scorecard |
Lancashire 171 (47.2 overs) |
1992 | Hampshire 253 for 5 (55 overs) |
Hampshire won by 41 runs Scorecard |
Kent 212 (52.3 overs) |
1993 | Derbyshire 252 for 6 (55 overs) |
Derbyshire won by 6 runs Scorecard |
Lancashire 246 for 7 (55 overs) |
1994 | Warwickshire 172 for 4 (44.2 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 6 wickets Scorecard |
Worcestershire 170 for 9 (55 overs) |
1995 | Lancashire 274 for 7 (55 overs) |
Lancashire won by 35 runs Scorecard |
Kent 239 (52.1 overs) |
1996 | Lancashire 245 for 9 (55 overs) |
Lancashire won by 31 runs Scorecard |
Northamptonshire 214 (48.3 overs) |
1997 | Surrey 215 for 2 (45 overs) |
Surrey won by 8 wickets Scorecard |
Kent 212 for 9 (50 overs) |
1998 | Essex 268 for 7 (50 overs) |
Essex won by 192 runs Scorecard |
Leicestershire 76 (27.4 overs) |
1999 [6] |
Gloucestershire 291 for 9 (50 overs) |
Gloucestershire won by 124 runs Scorecard |
Yorkshire 167 (40 overs) |
2000 | Gloucestershire 226 for 3 (46.5 overs) |
Gloucestershire won by 7 wickets Scorecard |
Glamorgan 225 (49.3 overs) |
2001 | Surrey 244 (49.5 overs) |
Surrey won by 47 runs Scorecard |
Gloucestershire 197 (45.5 overs) |
2002 | Warwickshire 182 for 5 (36.2 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 5 wickets Scorecard |
Essex 181 for 8 (50 overs) |
Wins summary
- 4 Lancashire
- 3 Surrey
- 2 Warwickshire
- 1 Yorkshire.
Records
- Highest Total – 388–7 Essex v Scotland at Chelmsford 1992
- Highest Total Batting Second – 318–5 Lancashire v Leicestershire at Manchester 1995
- Lowest Total – 50 Hampshire v Yorkshire at Leeds 1991
- Highest Score – 198* Graham Gooch for Essex v Sussex at Hove 1982
- Best Bowling – 7–12 Wayne Daniel for Middlesex v Minor Counties East at Ipswich 1978
- Most Wicketkeeper dismissals in an innings – 8 (all caught) Derek Taylor for Somerset v Combined Universities at Taunton 1982
See also
- Benson & Hedges
- County Championship
- Minor Counties
Notes and references
- ^ Somerset vs Combined Universities
- ^ Benson & Hedges Cup Final, 1989
- ^ Essex vs Sussex 25 May 1982
- ^ "Benson & Hedges Cup, Group A: Worcestershire v Somerset at Worcester, May 23-24, 1979". espncricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Williamson, Martin. "I do declare". espncricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Known as the Benson & Hedges Super Cup, the competition in 1999 was an eight-team affair, with those finishing in the top eight of 1998's County Championship qualifying.